Their bizarre last-play loss to the Miami Dolphins cost the Patriots a chance to clinch the AFC East until at least next week and muddied the playoff picture for the entire AFC.

Elsewhere the Chiefs narrowly avoided an upset by the Ravens with a 27-24 overtime win. But the Patriots owe the Colts a gift basket and maybe some flowers. The Colts upset the Texans, 24-21, preventing Houston from passing New England in the race for the No. 2 seed and the Pittsburgh Steelers suffered a stunning defeated at the hands of the lowly Raiders.

That leaves the AFC picture looking like this:

The Chiefs are 11-2, putting them two games ahead of everyone else. They'd need a collapse not to get the No. 1 seed, first round bye and home field advantage with three games left. The Chargers have the second best record at 10-3, but are behind Chiefs in the division. One of them will have to be a wild card.

The Patriots and Texans are both 9-4 as they chase the other first-round bye. Because New England beat Houston in the season opener, the Patriots would finish ahead of the Texans if they finish with the same record.

Houston finishes with road games at the New York Jets and Philadelphia Eagles and has a home game with Jacksonville.

New England is at Pittsburgh Sunday and closes with home games against Buffalo and the Jets.

Pittsburgh's loss to the Raiders means that even if the Steelers (7-5-1) beat the Patriots next week, they'd still be behind New England in the standings. They are at New Orleans and at home against Cincinnati to end the season.